Gustaf Komppa

Gustaf Komppa

Gustaf Komppa (1867-1949) was a Finnish chemist best known for a world-first in commercializing total synthesis, that of camphor in 1903.

Komppa was born in Viipuri in 1867. He graduated from the University of Helsinki in 1891 and subsequently worked for a while in Switzerland before obtaining his Ph.D. Shortly after returning to Finland he became the professor of chemistry at the Helsinki University of Technology. He was also a board member in several major Finnish corporations and a founding member of Finnish Academy of Science. Universities of Uppsala, Copenhagen and Heidelberg invited him as a honorary doctor.

Komppa worked extensively with organic synthesis of several compounds, most notably camphor and terpenoids. The camphor synthesis was an important breakthrough, especially because the method was commercially viable. He also developed methods for converting peat into fuel. During his career Komppa published more than 200 research papers.

References

[http://www.kemia-lehti.fi/pdf/gustafkomppa.pdf Article about Komppa (in Finnish)]


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